José 'Pep' Balaguer Berga (born 1 December 1950) is a Spanish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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, and is a

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. He is well known for his long-serving career in

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

, where he amassed 9 seasons in the first team. After retiring in 1981, Balaguer worked as a manager.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Balaguer started working as a manager, initially being manager of the youth categories with

. He was appointed head coach of

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

for the last 10 games of the 1997–98 season, failing to avoid relegation, however. He returned to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

at his first attempt, being dismissed only in January 2002. In February 2003, he was appointed

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

manager. In April 2004 Balaguer was appointed

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 sp ...

manager, being relieved from his duties in October. In December 2005 he was appointed Valencian Community autonomous football team manager.Pepe Balaguer: «El fútbol valenciano siempre ha dado grandes jugadores» (Pepe Balaguer: «The Valencian football always has created good players»)
Levante-EMV, 12 December 2005

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Balaguer, Pepe 1950 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Valencia Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Valencia CF players Spanish football managers Valencia CF Mestalla managers Levante UD managers Gimnàstic de Tarragona managers FC Cartagena managers People from Camp de Túria 20th-century Spanish sportsmen